Hay elevator and conveyer



(No Model.)

S. E. WINSER.

HAY ELEVATOR AND GONVEYER.

Patented Jan. 17, 18 82.

" Unit-ten STATES PATENT @rriea.

SINO E. lNINSEIt, OF PERU, ILLINOIS.

HAY ELEVATOR AND CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,566, dated January 17, 1882.

Application filed October 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S11v0 E Wnvsnn, of Peru, county of La- Salle, and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Bay Elevators and Conveyers, of which the follow in g is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in hay elevators and coriveyers, which will be from one side or end of the barn to the other,

at a proper height from the ground floor, 'and it may be attached to the roof or upper part of the barn by as many staples S as may be necessary to prevent its sagging under the weight of frame B and its load. B, the said frame, consists of two equal and similar bars having the curved form shown, each provided at its outerend with rollers I) and b, an open space being left on the median line of the beam A, between the rollers of each bar, so that the frame may roll freely from one end of the beam to the other without being obstructed by the staples S.

d is a sheave mounted upon its axis between the jaws of the frame B, so as to leave space for the lower sheave, journaled in case M, to move up between sheave d and fulcrumO of lever O, and disengage its outer end, 0 from catch C. The latch-lever O is provided with a notch, as shown, in its outer end, to engage with catch G, which extends down from beam A for that purpose, and the other end of the lever O, which is pivoted upon fulcrum (1 is bent downward and formed into fork F.

The rest D is simply a block perforated for the passage through it of rope or chain R, and is fastened between the jaws of the frame 13, and is designed to be a guide and rest for the rope, and also to hold the rope up against the pressure and weight of the latch-lever 0 when its outer end has been freed from catch 0, as hereinbefore explained, so that when aload of hay has once been raised the fork F will clasp the rope R against rest D and hold it up until it shall be conveyed horizontally from one point to another in the barn.

The chain It is attached, as shown, to thelever 0 a little to the right of its fulcrum O and just so far to the right that the weight of the load of hay will draw the fork F down with sufficient force upon rope R to prevent it fromslipping.

In Fig. 1 the apparatus is shown in a position of readiness for elevating and conveying a load, and the chain R is attached to the lever 0, and extends down nearly to the hayhook, whereit is attached to a cable or rope, It, which passes through the lower or hook sheave, and thence up and over sheave d, and through restl), and thence over sheave P, and thence down to the ground and under sheave P, and to its outer end is hitched the animal or other power to be used, and that power, in drawing the ropetorward, will cause the load of hay to rise until the hook-sheave R strikes the lever O to the rightof its fulcrum (J and throws the fork F up and the notched end downward and free of catch 0, and the fork F will grasp rope It and hold it against rest 1), and the frame B, with the load, will travel in beam A to a different locality in the barn.

I have shown and described both a chain and a rope, but have no special design of claiming either or both, broadly, for in fact either may be used, and I prefer a rope made of fibrous material as being better adapted to be held by the fork F against the rest D.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;-

1. The frame B, consisting of the two equal curved bars provided with rollers b and 1), adapted totravel on beam A, and also provided with sheave d and rest D, adapted to assist in elevating a load of hay and holding it up after being elevated, substantially as described.

2. The combination of lever U,fulcrumed on axle O in the frame B, and having its outer 5 end, 0 notched on the upper side for catch 0, and having the other end bent downward and formed into fork F, with the chain or rope B, attached to the said lever O at the proper point between its fulcrum and fork, adapted to hold one end of the rope or chain fast while the end 0 and fork F, with sheave d and rest 'I), force exerted at the other end raises the load, arranged and eo-operatingsubstantially as and and then to hold the load, ith the aid of rest for the purpose described.

D, to its elevation until it is conveyed away SINO E. WINSER. 5 horizontally, substantially as described. Witnesses:

3. The combination of lever 0, working on O. R. HARTMAN,

fulcrum G in frame B, and having notched WEsT FUNK. 

